This weekend was amazingly spontaneous. Friday night, I was reading in bed, planning to spend my night catching up on some reading, eating collard greens and quinoa. Instead my friend and I decided to go out for a drink, and while we were out we ran into some people who told us about Scales & Ales, an event at the Aquarium. So our casual drink turned into a night at the aquarium that included petting the sting rays (somehow I always imagined they'd be a little scaly and rough feeling, but they were so smooth!), watching the penguins who got very excited with all the activity (drunk people tapping on the glass), marveling at the beauty of sea horses (did you know that they hook their tails around seaweed when they sleep?), awing at the adorable otter that was floating on top of the water asleep, clutching a beach toy, eating delicious New Orleans food (the duck salad from Commander's would make me eat my veggies every single meal), watching the Moray Eels, and dancing to Soul Rebels.
The seahorses.
The kids sections at museums - the best part!
Petting the rays.
The Mississippi at midnight.
Our next stop? The insectarium.
Seeing all of the beauty of the underwater world makes me more than ever want to get SCUBA certified and see the amazing diversity of the coral reefs before they're gone.
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